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backgroundsingleton.exe

Ivan Malygin

The application backgroundsingleton.exe by Ivan Malygin has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Ivan Malygin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7f2fac81881603ee951d1c680ec49bd8

SHA-1:
a7b5e870d502e666443d0b89f28ed2cf34c2a07d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 2:20:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.29.1

File size:
642.4 KB (657,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\vk downloader\backgroundsingleton.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ivan Malygin

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/24/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/20/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ivan Malygin, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
40EB557150093D94F37AD68867A18354

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/19/2014 9:08:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x68DBF

Entry point:
E8, 1F, 87, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, CA, 47, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, B4, C0, 47, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Code size:
492 KB (503,808 bytes)

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